2020 Allsvenskan

The 2020 Allsvenskan, part of the 2020 Swedish football season, was the 96th season of Allsvenskan since its establishment in 1924. A total of 16 teams participated. Djurgårdens IF were the defending champions after winning the title in the previous season.

Allsvenskan

Season	2020
Champions	Malmö FF 24th Allsvenskan title 21st Swedish title
Relegated	Helsingborgs IF Falkenbergs FF
Champions League	Malmö FF
Europa Conference League	IF Elfsborg BK Häcken
Matches played	240
Goals scored	674 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorer	Christoffer Nyman (18 goals)
Biggest home win	BK Häcken 6–0 IF Elfsborg (16 July 2020)
Biggest away win	Mjällby AIF 0–5 IF Elfsborg (23 July 2020)
Highest scoring	IK Sirius 2–5 Malmö FF (26 July 2020) Örebro SK 4–3 IFK Norrköping (30 August 2020) Varbergs BoIS 5–2 Hammarby IF (10 November 2020) IFK Norrköping 3–4 Helsingborgs IF (6 December 2020)
Longest winning run	8 matches Malmö FF[1]
Longest unbeaten run	12 matches Malmö FF
Longest winless run	14 matches IFK Göteborg
Longest losing run	6 matches Kalmar FF Östersunds FK
← 2019 2021 →

The 2020 Allsvenskan season was scheduled to begin on 4 April and end on 8 November 2020 (not including play-off matches), but due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden the opening games of the season were delayed. On 4 June 2020, the Swedish government and the Public Health Agency of Sweden announced that the travel restrictions within Sweden were lifted. There were therefore no restrictions that were prohibiting resuming league play in Sweden and the Swedish Football Association announced, also on 4 June 2020, that the 2020 Allsvenskan season would resume on 14 June 2020.^[2]

Malmö FF won the Swedish championship this season, their 24th Allsvenskan title and 21st Swedish championship overall, in the 27th round on 8 November 2020 when they won 4–0 against IK Sirius at home.^[3]

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

The season was scheduled to begin on 4 April, but was postponed indefinitely on 19 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden. On 17 April, a target start date of 14 June was established for the competition by chairman of the Swedish Football Association, Karl-Erik Nilsson.^[4] It was initially speculated that matches would not be played behind closed doors, as the country had not gone into lockdown like other European countries at the time.^[5] The guidelines and rules issued by the Swedish government and the Public Health Agency of Sweden did however prevent a start of the 2020 Allsvenskan, as they advised against all non-essential travel within Sweden, which would limit the possibilities of Allsvenskan teams to travel to the Allsvenskan games. On 4 June 2020, it was announced that the Swedish travel restrictions were lifted and there were therefore no restrictions preventing Allsvenskan to resume play. The Swedish Football Association accordingly announced, also on 4 June 2020, that the 2020 Allsvenskan season would commence on 14 June 2020.^[2]

New guidelines regarding league play were issued on 8 June 2020, which detailed that due to the ban on gathering of more than 50 people in Sweden, all games were to be played without any attendance. Other guidelines included that no players with symptoms were allowed to travel or play and that the travel option with the most limited number of social contacts should be used (which means bus travel for the majority of teams).^[6][7]

Teams

Helsingborgs IF

IF Elfsborg

Gothenburg

IFK Norrköping

IK Sirius

Falkenbergs FF

Kalmar FF

Malmö FF

Mjällby AIF

Stockholm

Varbergs BoIS

Örebro SK

Östersunds FK

Stockholm teams
AIK
Djurgårdens IF
Hammarby IF

Gothenburg teams
BK Häcken
IFK Göteborg

Location of teams in 2020 Allsvenskan

A total of sixteen teams are contesting the league, including fourteen sides from the previous season, and two promoted teams from the 2019 Superettan.

GIF Sundsvall and AFC Eskilstuna were relegated at the end of the 2019 season after finishing at the bottom two places of the table, and were replaced by the 2019 Superettan champions Mjällby AIF and runners-up Varbergs BoIS.

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Turf	Stadium capacity[note 1]
AIK	Solna	Friends Arena	Natural	50,000
BK Häcken	Gothenburg	Bravida Arena	Artificial	6,500
Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm	Tele2 Arena	Artificial	30,000
Falkenbergs FF	Falkenberg	Falcon Alkoholfri Arena	Natural	5,565
Hammarby IF	Stockholm	Tele2 Arena	Artificial	30,000
Helsingborgs IF	Helsingborg	Olympia	Natural	16,500
IF Elfsborg	Borås	Borås Arena	Artificial	16,899
IFK Göteborg	Gothenburg	Gamla Ullevi	Natural	18,600
IFK Norrköping	Norrköping	Nya Parken[note 2]	Artificial	15,734
IK Sirius	Uppsala	Studenternas IP	Artificial	10,000
Kalmar FF	Kalmar	Guldfågeln Arena	Natural	12,000
Malmö FF	Malmö	Malmö Nya Stadion[note 3]	Natural	22,500
Mjällby AIF	Hällevik	Strandvallen	Natural	6,750
Varbergs BoIS	Varberg	Påskbergsvallen[note 4]	Natural	4,500
Örebro SK	Örebro	Eyravallen[note 5]	Artificial	12,300
Östersunds FK	Östersund	Jämtkraft Arena	Artificial	8,466

1. According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.^[8]
2. Known as Östgötaporten for sponsorship reasons.
3. Known as Eleda Stadion for sponsorship reasons.
4. Known as Varberg Energi Arena for sponsorship reasons.
5. Known as Behrn Arena for sponsorship reasons.

Personnel and kits

All teams are obligated to have the logo of the league sponsor Unibet as well as the Allsvenskan logo on the right sleeve of their shirt.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main shirt sponsor
AIK	Bartosz Grzelak	Henok Goitom	Nike	Notar
BK Häcken	Andreas Alm	Rasmus Lindgren	Puma	BRA
Djurgårdens IF	Kim Bergstrand Thomas Lagerlöf	Jesper Karlström	Adidas	Prioritet Finans
Falkenbergs FF	Hans Eklund	Tibor Joza	Adidas	Gekås Ullared
Hammarby IF	Stefan Billborn	Jeppe Andersen	Craft	Jobman
Helsingborgs IF	Olof Mellberg	Andreas Granqvist	Puma	Resurs Bank
IF Elfsborg	Jimmy Thelin	Sivert Heltne Nilsen	Umbro	Sparbanken Sjuhärad
IFK Göteborg	Roland Nilsson	Robin Söder	Craft	Serneke
IFK Norrköping	Jens Gustafsson	Alexander Fransson	Nike	Holmen
IK Sirius	Henrik Rydström	Niklas Thor	Select	Various
Kalmar FF	Nanne Bergstrand	Viktor Elm	Select	Hjältevadshus
Malmö FF	Jon Dahl Tomasson	Anders Christiansen	Puma	Volkswagen
Mjällby AIF	Marcus Lantz	David Löfquist	Puma	Various
Varbergs BoIS	Joakim Persson	Astrit Selmani	Craft	Various
Örebro SK	Axel Kjäll	Nordin Gerzić	Puma	ÖBAB
Östersunds FK	Amir Azrafshan	Aly Keita	Adidas	Volkswagen

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Mjällby AIF	Miloš Milojević	End of contract	1 December 2019	Pre-season	Marcus Lantz	10 December 2019
Malmö FF	Uwe Rösler	Mutual consent	13 December 2019[9]		Jon Dahl Tomasson	5 January 2020[10]
Kalmar FF	Jens Nilsson	End of caretaker spell	13 December 2019		Nanne Bergstrand	13 December 2019
Östersunds FK	Ian Burchnall	Mutual consent	11 July 2020	15th	Amir Azrafshan	11 July 2020[11]
AIK	Rikard Norling	Sacked	27 July 2020[12]	12th	Bartosz Grzelak	31 July 2020
IFK Göteborg	Poya Asbaghi	Sacked	3 September 2020[13]	12th	Roland Nilsson	11 September 2020[14]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Malmö FF (C)	30	17	9	4	64	30	+34	60	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	IF Elfsborg	30	12	15	3	49	38	+11	51	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	BK Häcken	30	12	13	5	45	29	+16	49
4	Djurgårdens IF	30	14	6	10	48	33	+15	48
5	Mjällby AIF	30	13	8	9	48	44	+4	47
6	IFK Norrköping	30	13	7	10	60	46	+14	46
7	Örebro SK	30	12	6	12	37	41	−4	42
8	Hammarby IF	30	10	11	9	47	47	0	41	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round[a]
9	AIK	30	10	9	11	30	33	−3	39
10	IK Sirius	30	9	11	10	43	51	−8	38
11	Varbergs BoIS	30	10	7	13	45	44	+1	37
12	IFK Göteborg	30	7	13	10	35	41	−6	34
13	Östersunds FK	30	8	9	13	27	46	−19	33
14	Kalmar FF (O)	30	6	10	14	30	49	−19	28	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Helsingborgs IF (R)	30	5	11	14	33	48	−15	26	Relegation to Superettan
16	Falkenbergs FF (R)	30	5	9	16	33	54	−21	24

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Hammarby IF qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2020–21 Svenska Cupen.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Malmö FF	5	3	4	5	2	7	7	5	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
IF Elfsborg	7	4	5	7	7	5	2	7	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	3	5	5	5	2	2	2	2	2
BK Häcken	8	13	12	6	6	4	8	2	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	3	2	2	2	2	5	2	3	4	4	3	4	3	3
Djurgårdens IF	3	8	13	4	11	10	5	3	7	6	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	4	3	5	4
Mjällby AIF	13	14	14	13	10	6	3	6	8	9	9	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	9	8	10	11	9	7	7	6	5
IFK Norrköping	6	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	2	3	2	3	5	5	5	4	6
Örebro SK	14	10	11	11	13	13	9	12	10	8	10	10	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	9	8	10	8	8	7
Hammarby IF	4	2	7	12	9	11	12	10	11	11	8	8	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	8
AIK	2	9	3	3	8	8	11	9	9	10	12	11	12	13	14	13	12	13	12	13	12	12	11	9	10	10	8	9	9	9
IK Sirius	12	12	9	10	3	2	4	8	4	5	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	9	10	10	10
Varbergs BoIS	1	7	6	2	5	3	6	4	6	7	7	7	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
IFK Göteborg	11	11	8	9	4	9	10	11	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	13	12	13	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Östersunds FK	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	16	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	11	11	12	12	13
Kalmar FF	10	6	2	8	12	12	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	14	13	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	14	14	14	14
Helsingborgs IF	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	15	15	12	15	16	16	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	15
Falkenbergs FF	9	5	10	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	13	13	15	16	14	14	16	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	15	15	15	16

	Leader
	2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League Second qualifying round
	Relegation play-offs
	Relegation to 2021 Superettan

Updated to match(es) played on 6 December 2020. Source: everysport.com

Results by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
AIK	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	L	D
BK Häcken	D	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	D
Djurgårdens IF	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W
Falkenbergs FF	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	L
Hammarby IF	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	L	L
Helsingborgs IF	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	D	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	W
IF Elfsborg	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	D	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	D
IFK Göteborg	L	W	D	D	W	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	W
IFK Norrköping	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	L
IK Sirius	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	L
Kalmar FF	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	D
Malmö FF	W	D	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W
Mjällby AIF	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W
Varbergs BoIS	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	L
Örebro SK	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W
Östersunds FK	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L

Source: Soccerstats.com (in English)
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Results

Home \ Away	AIK	BKH	DIF	FFF	HAM	HIF	IFE	IFKG	IFKN	IKS	KFF	MFF	MAIF	VAR	ÖSK	ÖFK
AIK	—	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–4	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–1
BK Häcken	4–0	—	0–2	3–0	3–0	1–0	6–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–0	2–1
Djurgårdens IF	0–1	3–1	—	1–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	4–0	5–0	3–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–0
Falkenbergs FF	1–1	1–1	3–2	—	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–3	3–3	1–2	0–2	0–1	2–3	2–0	2–1	0–1
Hammarby	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–3	2–2	4–2	1–0	3–0	2–0
Helsingborgs IF	2–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	—	0–0	0–1	3–2	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–3	1–1	0–1
IF Elfsborg	2–2	1–1	1–0	4–2	2–2	2–1	—	0–0	2–1	3–3	3–1	1–0	2–2	3–3	1–1	0–1
IFK Göteborg	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–4	1–1	0–1	—	1–3	2–0	1–2	0–3	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–2
IFK Norrköping	2–2	0–1	3–0	4–1	1–2	3–4	1–1	3–1	—	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2
IK Sirius	0–0	2–2	0–2	2–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	4–2	—	2–2	2–5	0–1	3–3	2–1	2–3
Kalmar FF	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–2	4–0	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	—	0–4	1–4	1–1	0–3	1–2
Malmö FF	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	4–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	—	2–0	2–2	2–1	4–0
Mjällby AIF	3–1	3–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–2	0–5	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	—	2–3	1–0	3–0
Varbergs BoIS	2–2	1–3	1–2	3–1	5–2	1–3	0–0	1–2	1–3	2–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	—	2–1	1–1
Örebro SK	0–2	0–0	0–3	1–2	2–1	3–2	3–2	1–1	4–3	2–1	0–1	3–2	3–1	1–0	—	0–0
Östersunds FK	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–3	0–0	0–1	0–4	2–4	0–2	2–0	1–2	0–1	0–4	0–0	—

Source: Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Relegation play-offs

The 14th-placed team of Allsvenskan met the third-placed team from 2020 Superettan in a two-legged tie on a home-and-away basis with the team from Allsvenskan finishing at home.

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Jönköpings Södra IF	1–3	Kalmar FF
Lowe 3'	Report	Lowe 11' (o.g.) Ring 19' Herrem 55'

9 December 2020

18:00

Stadsparksvallen, Jönköping

Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

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Kalmar FF	1–0	Jönköpings Södra IF
Fröling 80'	Report

13 December 2020

13:00

Guldfågeln Arena, Kalmar

Referee: Glenn Nyberg

Kalmar FF won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Season statistics

Top scorers As of 6 December 2020[15] Rank Player Club Goals 1 Christoffer Nyman IFK Norrköping 18 2 Astrit Selmani Varbergs BoIS 15 3 Isaac Kiese Thelin Malmö FF 14 Moses Ogbu Mjällby AIF 5 Anders Christiansen Malmö FF 13 6 Nahir Besara Örebro SK 12 Aron Jóhannsson Hammarby IF Stefano Vecchia IK Sirius

Top assists As of 6 December 2020[15] Rank Player Club Assists 1 Sead Hakšabanović IFK Norrköping 11 Gustav Ludwigson Hammarby IF 3 Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson IFK Norrköping 9 Alexander Kačaniklić Hammarby IF 5 Johan Larsson IF Elfsborg 8 6 Jo Inge Berget Malmö FF 7 Axel Björnström IK Sirius Sebastian Larsson AIK Haris Radetinac Djurgårdens IF Tobias Sana IFK Göteborg

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Fredrik Ulvestad	Djurgårdens IF	Kalmar FF	5–0	28 June 2020
Deniz Hümmet	Örebro SK	IFK Norrköping	4–3	30 August 2020
Muamer Tanković	Hammarby IF	IFK Göteborg	4–0	10 September 2020
Jonathan Levi	IFK Norrköping	Varbergs BoIS	3–1	18 October 2020
Astrit Selmani	Varbergs BoIS	Hammarby IF	5–2	8 November 2020
Christoffer Nyman	IFK Norrköping	Falkenbergs FF	4–1	23 November 2020

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 10^[15]
  • Jesper Karlström (Djurgården)

• Most red cards: 3
  • Simon Strand (Elfsborg)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 49
  • Hammarby IF

• Most red cards: 5
  • IF Elfsborg

Awards

Annual awards

Award[16]	Winner	Club
Player of the Year	Anders Christiansen	Malmö FF
Goalkeeper of the Year	Oscar Jansson	Örebro SK
Defender of the Year	Anel Ahmedhodzic	Malmö FF
Midfielder of the Year	Anders Christiansen	Malmö FF
Striker of the Year	Jesper Karlsson	IF Elfsborg
Breakthrough of the Year	Anel Ahmedhodzic	Malmö FF
Coach of the Year	Jon Dahl Tomasson	Malmö FF

See also

• Association football portal
• Sweden portal

Competitions 2020 Superettan 2020 Division 1 2019–20 Svenska Cupen 2020–21 Svenska Cupen

Team seasons 2020 Hammarby IF season 2020 Malmö FF season